In addition to being on just about every “top courses you can play” list; though, what tickles the spine of most serious golfers (and me 😉 ) is the challenge the course represents. Rated in “America’s 75 Toughest Courses” by Golf Digest, and cited similarly in several other pieces, Dubsdread – simply put – will test your game. A “Dub” is a poor golfer, and the name “Dubsdread” came from just that… a (not so?) gentle message to golfers… beware!
While your neighborhood muni may set up the 18th hole as a “bring ’em back” hole, as you can see from the picture above, Dubsdread is a pure championship course, challenging players to the very end. Not all “dread” though, the layout is fantastic; as exemplified here by The 16th, which is on Golf magazines 500 most Beautiful holes list…
A couple of the distinctive traits of the course are tight landing areas and heavily bunkered greens, you can see these concepts illustrated here on the par 4 eighth, even the relatively benign (at first glance) looking holes are well protected and meant to test your entire bag…
Day 37 is Illinois, a challenge I’ll be up for and looking forward to!
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